It was Dalbeattie for the 6th of our ten handicap races where the top seven results count. John Moir was fastest with a time of 23:16. Neil Pearson was second at 24:29 and Mike Thompson third with a time of 25:19.
Other results were:
Rob Mc Callay 28:03, Adrian Garret 28:25, Donald McCalley 27:44, Alex Ure 27:27, Graeme Kerr 27:08, Alec Barclay 27:24, Jim McConnachie 26:23, Colin Little 26:35, Neil Henderson 26:28, Alan Crieghton 25:24, Chris Prichard 27:01 PB, Wullie McCubbin 25:43, John Patterson 25:25,
PB denote personnel best at this distance, that occurred once where Chris back from injury claimed the ten points as a result, despite a headwind on the way out.
These 10 mile time trials are handicapped races which gives every member a chance to win points. The seven best from ten are taken into account. John Patterson appeared despite feeling the worse for wear after the flu. As a result he didn’t claim as many points as Mike and John and they were able to close the gap at the top.
With John Moir, now on holiday there’s a chance to open a gap and for someone else to get 1st place! (PS John is in France, where he has a hidden bike that he will be training hard on for two weeks!).
Thanks to all our helpers and especially John Sturgeon who looked after the riders at a gravelled u-turn.
Now the bad news, with only 4 events left and a maximum of 40 points available any one below Alec Barclay can’t win the handicap league. Only pride to play for?
Only seven riders turned up for Loch Ken for a 25 mile time trial on the 17th July. It was the club’s last visit to the Loch for this season. John Moir was first with a time of 59:19. Jim McConnachie second at 67:23 and Wullie McCubbin third at 67:45.
Other results were:
Colin Little 68:45 and Alan Crieghton 67:49.
With Donald McCalley failing to finish that left us waiting for one rider. All the riders, time keepers, officials and Norman Ferguson (who came along to help out, then drove out to the course to see what had happened to the last competitor) started to show concern in case there was an accident!
At the end Captain Chaos himself – Dave Moss, to set a new course record of 1 hour and 35 minutes for the longest time. Turns out Dave lost heart in the time trial and decided to cheat by taking a short cut. The short cut turned out longer than the course route.
Other results were:
Colin Little 68:45 and Alan Crieghton 67:49.
With Donald McCalley failing to finish that left us waiting for one rider. All the riders, time keepers, officials and Norman Ferguson (who came along to help out, then drove out to the course to see what had happened to the last competitor) started to show concern in case there was an accident!
At the end Captain Chaos himself – Dave Moss, to set a new course record of 1 hour and 35 minutes for the longest time. Turns out Dave lost heart in the time trial and decided to cheat by taking a short cut. The short cut turned out longer than the course route.
Our last visit to park farm to Park Farm for an 18 mile time trial took place on the 8th July. John Moir was first with a time of 42:37. That was well ahead of second place John Patterson 45:05 and Neil Pearson third at 45:49.
Other results were:
Davy Thompson 53:13, Alex Ure 51:36, Graeme Kerr 52:01, Alan Crieghton 48:57, Neil Henderson 49:57, Kenny Hogg 49:55, Dave Martin 51:07, Robert Mc Callay 54:06.
Only 11 riders turned up, which was disappointing but we are entering the holiday period. We have a visit to Loch Ken before we turn our attention to the very competitive 10 mile handicaps.
Dave Martin was out with me on Sunday, mountain biking in the rain – bang goes the theory of Dave being a fair weather cyclist!
Other results were:
Davy Thompson 53:13, Alex Ure 51:36, Graeme Kerr 52:01, Alan Crieghton 48:57, Neil Henderson 49:57, Kenny Hogg 49:55, Dave Martin 51:07, Robert Mc Callay 54:06.
Only 11 riders turned up, which was disappointing but we are entering the holiday period. We have a visit to Loch Ken before we turn our attention to the very competitive 10 mile handicaps.
Dave Martin was out with me on Sunday, mountain biking in the rain – bang goes the theory of Dave being a fair weather cyclist!
Only 12 riders turned up at Beattock for the 25 mile time trial. John Moir was the quickest and the only rider below the hour with a time of 58:35. John Patterson is getting nearer that hour mark with second place at a time of 60:41. Mike Thompson third at 64:21.
Other results were:
Dave Thompson 71:11, Donald McCalley 70:29, Graeme Kerr 70:19, Colin Little 68:10, Jim McConnachie 66:37, Alan Crieghton 66:08, Dave Barnes 66:25, Wullie McCubbin 66:42 and Matt Wallace 66:45.
The hard luck story of the night was for Jim. On target for a PB then one of his front spokes snaps.
Judging by the improvement in Colin’s time we can guess that farming is not as hard as it used to be?
Other results were:
Dave Thompson 71:11, Donald McCalley 70:29, Graeme Kerr 70:19, Colin Little 68:10, Jim McConnachie 66:37, Alan Crieghton 66:08, Dave Barnes 66:25, Wullie McCubbin 66:42 and Matt Wallace 66:45.
The hard luck story of the night was for Jim. On target for a PB then one of his front spokes snaps.
Judging by the improvement in Colin’s time we can guess that farming is not as hard as it used to be?
5th Race of our ten mile handicaps
22 riders set off at Lockerbie for the 5th of ten handicap races where the top seven results count. John. Moir was fastest time with a time of 23:57. Ben. Smith, with a PB, was second at 23:57 and John. Patterson, also with a PB , third with a time of 23:59.
Other results were:
Billy Geddes 30:03, Rod Waitt 29:31, Ron Love 28:20, Adrian Garret PB 28:05, Donald McCalley 27:38, Colin Little 26:34, Alec Barclay 27:04, Alistair Johnson 27:08, Alex Ure 28:29, Nick Prichard 25:59, Graeme Kerr 26:21, Jim McConnachie 26:33, Alan Crieghton 25:32, Neil Henderson 26:08, Wullie McCubbin 25:06, Dave Barnes 25:27, Matt Wallace 25:31, Mike Thompson 24:28. Alfie Geddes was a non finisher.
PB denote personnel best at this distance
These 10 mile time trials are handicapped races which gives every member a chance to win points. The seven best from ten are taken into account.
John Patterson has increased his gap at the top over reigning handicap champion Mike Thompson. The gap is growing between them and third place John Moir, but watch for Ben Smith – he has scored 2 tens!
John had mechanical problems just after he started, so his time could have been better. Then again he could have restarted at the next available slot but his time would have counted from the time he should have started.
Wullie been getting a bit of a slagging at work for being bottom of the league. Shame we don’t print all those with “no points”.
If John Patterson scores a nine or a ten the next time he is out, then he would have ruled out 16 plus members out of the 35 who have ridden a ten any chance of winning the title!
22 riders set off at Lockerbie for the 5th of ten handicap races where the top seven results count. John. Moir was fastest time with a time of 23:57. Ben. Smith, with a PB, was second at 23:57 and John. Patterson, also with a PB , third with a time of 23:59.
Other results were:
Billy Geddes 30:03, Rod Waitt 29:31, Ron Love 28:20, Adrian Garret PB 28:05, Donald McCalley 27:38, Colin Little 26:34, Alec Barclay 27:04, Alistair Johnson 27:08, Alex Ure 28:29, Nick Prichard 25:59, Graeme Kerr 26:21, Jim McConnachie 26:33, Alan Crieghton 25:32, Neil Henderson 26:08, Wullie McCubbin 25:06, Dave Barnes 25:27, Matt Wallace 25:31, Mike Thompson 24:28. Alfie Geddes was a non finisher.
PB denote personnel best at this distance
These 10 mile time trials are handicapped races which gives every member a chance to win points. The seven best from ten are taken into account.
John Patterson has increased his gap at the top over reigning handicap champion Mike Thompson. The gap is growing between them and third place John Moir, but watch for Ben Smith – he has scored 2 tens!
John had mechanical problems just after he started, so his time could have been better. Then again he could have restarted at the next available slot but his time would have counted from the time he should have started.
Wullie been getting a bit of a slagging at work for being bottom of the league. Shame we don’t print all those with “no points”.
If John Patterson scores a nine or a ten the next time he is out, then he would have ruled out 16 plus members out of the 35 who have ridden a ten any chance of winning the title!
Including Colin Mc Cann, who had to withdraw with a sore throat after only a few miles, we only had 12 competitors at the 25 mile Loch Ken time trial. John Moir was the quickest and the only rider below the hour with a time of 59:45. John Patterson continues his improvement with second place at a time of 61:47 – will he get below the hour this year? It was nice to see Ben Smith return and get third at 61:58.
Other results were:
Donald McCalley 73:45, Alex Ure 74:14, Graeme Kerr 72:17, Alistair Johnson 74:21, Alan Crieghton 68:46, Neil Henderson 70:41, Matt Wallace 66:01 and Wullie McCubbin 67:10.
Other results were:
Donald McCalley 73:45, Alex Ure 74:14, Graeme Kerr 72:17, Alistair Johnson 74:21, Alan Crieghton 68:46, Neil Henderson 70:41, Matt Wallace 66:01 and Wullie McCubbin 67:10.
You would have thought with the Champions league game on telly the turn out would have been poor. I was expecting a maximum of ten riders to turn out on a cloudy windy night. That way any one that made the effort would be guaranteed at least a point. Instead we got 22 riders!
It even looks like only a PB will get you marching up (or even on) the league table.
On a night where personnel bests were achieved by approximately a third of the competitors, Collin may prove to be decisive in the League Table. This was the 4th of ten handicap races where the top seven results count. John Moir domination as regards to fastest time continues with a time of 22:53. Mike Thompson, with a PB, was second at 24:08 and John Patterson, also with a PB , third with a time of 24:24.
Other results were:
Donald McCalley 27:22, Adrian Garret PB 28:19, Alfie Geddes PB 29:13, Colin Little PB 26:29, Alex Ure 27:40, Nick Prichard PB 25:46, Ashley Kerr 29:49, Kenny Hogg 27:05, Alec Barclay 27:47, Davy Thompson 28:14, Neil Henderson 25:55, Alastair Johnson PB 26:57, Colin McCann 26:06, Graeme Kerr 26:08, Billy Geddes 29:03, Wullie McCubbin 24:59, Matt Wallace 25:58, Neil Pearson 24:46 and Robert McCallay PB 27:39.
These 10 mile time trials are handicapped races which gives every member a chance to win points. The seven best from ten are taken into account. John Patterson has regained top spot over reigning handicap champion Mike Thompson. The gap is growing between them and third place John Moir.
Holidays are coming soon so some riders, like John Moir , will miss a few weeks – shame!Alan Creighton has had his Seasons moment of glory. He overtook John Moir during the downhill at Park Farm. John’s problem is you can’t practice down hills on the rollers! So I thought we should consider changing the hill climb to a descent but then mad Mossy might win it!
It even looks like only a PB will get you marching up (or even on) the league table.
On a night where personnel bests were achieved by approximately a third of the competitors, Collin may prove to be decisive in the League Table. This was the 4th of ten handicap races where the top seven results count. John Moir domination as regards to fastest time continues with a time of 22:53. Mike Thompson, with a PB, was second at 24:08 and John Patterson, also with a PB , third with a time of 24:24.
Other results were:
Donald McCalley 27:22, Adrian Garret PB 28:19, Alfie Geddes PB 29:13, Colin Little PB 26:29, Alex Ure 27:40, Nick Prichard PB 25:46, Ashley Kerr 29:49, Kenny Hogg 27:05, Alec Barclay 27:47, Davy Thompson 28:14, Neil Henderson 25:55, Alastair Johnson PB 26:57, Colin McCann 26:06, Graeme Kerr 26:08, Billy Geddes 29:03, Wullie McCubbin 24:59, Matt Wallace 25:58, Neil Pearson 24:46 and Robert McCallay PB 27:39.
These 10 mile time trials are handicapped races which gives every member a chance to win points. The seven best from ten are taken into account. John Patterson has regained top spot over reigning handicap champion Mike Thompson. The gap is growing between them and third place John Moir.
Holidays are coming soon so some riders, like John Moir , will miss a few weeks – shame!Alan Creighton has had his Seasons moment of glory. He overtook John Moir during the downhill at Park Farm. John’s problem is you can’t practice down hills on the rollers! So I thought we should consider changing the hill climb to a descent but then mad Mossy might win it!
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